Clara Barton
What made Clara decide to go out to the battlefield?
When her dad died in 1861.
Why did Harriot file a claim for money after the war?
Because she wasn't payed for her services in the war.
Who was Mary Chesnut?
Mary Chesnut was the wife of a prominent lawyer and politician.
What did Clara do to help the soldiers in the civil war?
She provided aid and assistance to soldiers
Who backed Harriot up after she filed the claim for more money?
Serano E. Payne, a Member of Congress who had worked with her in the war.
South Carolina
What profession(s) did Clara Barton have?
She was a teacher, a bookkeeper, and nurse.
When did Harriot file the claim for more payment?
1898
What were the women doing on the housetops?
They were whispering prayers.
When the armies fought at cedar mountain, what did she do?
She went to the front of the battlefield.
What service(s) did Harriot mention she did in the claim?
She provided years of services as nurse and cook in hospitals and was commander of eight or nine scouts during the late war of the Rebellion
Who hoped she would keep the peace?
Miles and Manning
What thought (or words) was she ashamed she even thought of?
Struggling with her sense of proprieties.
When Harriot Tubman escaped enslavement, she returned to the south several times. Why?
She returned to the south multiple times to be a conductor on the underground railroad.
Why was Mary so important?
Her diary is/was one of the most complete accounts about the civil war.